I recently deleted my all python files from dpkg info to solve this but that didn't work, even damaged. Then after installing ubuntu-desktop, again facing with same issue.
[root@nar-ubuntu ~]$ apt upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Calculating upgrade... Done The following packages will be upgraded: dmsetup libdevmapper1.02.1 2 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. 3 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 202 kB/326 kB of archives. After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y Get:1 http://am.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main amd64 libdevmapper1.02.1 amd64 2:1.02.145-4.1ubuntu3.18.04.2 [127 kB] 75% [Working] Get:2 http://am.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main amd64 dmsetup amd64 2:1.02.145-4.1ubuntu3.18.04.2 [74.5 kB] Fetched 202 kB in 0s (903 kB/s) dpkg: warning: files list file for package 'python-apt-common' missing; assuming package has no files currently installed dpkg: warning: files list file for package 'python3-cryptography' missing; assuming package has no files currently installed dpkg: warning: files list file for package 'python-pip-whl' missing; assuming package has no files currently installed dpkg: warning: files list file for package 'python3-yaml' missing; assuming package has no files currently installed dpkg: warning: files list file for package 'python3-speechd' missing; assuming package has no files currently installed dpkg: warning: files list file for package 'python3-distro-info' missing; assuming package has no files currently installed dpkg: warning: files list file for package 'python3-pil:amd64' missing; 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Preparing to unpack .../libdevmapper1.02.1_2%3a1.02.145-4.1ubuntu3.18.04.2_amd64.deb ... Unpacking libdevmapper1.02.1:amd64 (2:1.02.145-4.1ubuntu3.18.04.2) over (2:1.02.145-4.1ubuntu3.18.04.1) ... Preparing to unpack .../dmsetup_2%3a1.02.145-4.1ubuntu3.18.04.2_amd64.deb ... Unpacking dmsetup (2:1.02.145-4.1ubuntu3.18.04.2) over (2:1.02.145-4.1ubuntu3.18.04.1) ... Setting up python2.7 (2.7.15-4ubuntu4~18.04.2) ... Could not find platform independent libraries <prefix> Consider setting $PYTHONHOME to <prefix>[:<exec_prefix>] /usr/bin/python2.7: can't open file '/usr/lib/python2.7/py_compile.py': [Errno 2] No such file or directory dpkg: error processing package python2.7 (--configure): installed python2.7 package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 2 Setting up libdevmapper1.02.1:amd64 (2:1.02.145-4.1ubuntu3.18.04.2) ... Setting up python-minimal (2.7.15~rc1-1) ... Could not find platform independent libraries <prefix> Consider setting $PYTHONHOME to <prefix>[:<exec_prefix>] ImportError: No module named site dpkg: error processing package python-minimal (--configure): installed python-minimal package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1 dpkg: error processing package apport (--configure): package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it before attempting configuration Setting up dmsetup (2:1.02.145-4.1ubuntu3.18.04.2) ... update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated) Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.27-3ubuntu1) ... Processing triggers for man-db (2.8.3-2ubuntu0.1) ... Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.130ubuntu3.9) ... update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.0.0-37-generic Errors were encountered while processing: python2.7 python-minimal apport E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
E: Internal Error, No file name for python-minimal:amd64how can I reinstall python-minimal?